Casey At The Bat

The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day; The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play,And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same,A pall-like silence fell upon the patrons of the game.

A straggling few got up to go in deep despair. The restClung to that hope which springs eternal in the human breast; They thought, 'If only Casey could but get a whack at that- We'd put up even money now, with Casey at the bat.'

But Flynn preceded Casey, as did also Jimmy Blake,And the former was a hoodoo, while the...